Now TV Makes Sense

I am finally starting to see the full popularity of TV.  I have never really been a TV junkie.  I was incredibly busy when I was in high school, doing sports and theatre, and often didn’t get home until 9pm or later.  I never had time to become a television junkie and college wasn’t really any different.  I had the few shows I liked to watch, but it never was a nightly thing.  Lately, I have found myself sitting around and contemplating some of things that have been upsetting or bothering me as of late, and one of the best escapes has actually been TV (and as of this recent weekend, video games).  I’ve watched the most mindless crap, such as “Yo Mamma”, to just past the time and keep me from dwelling on some of the things that have been bothering me, and now I realize why people get addicted.  Not only is some of the programming itself addictive, but it keeps people from thinking about life.  And lets face, for a lot of people in this country, life has its problems that most people don’t want to deal with.  So, thus, television, where we can watch everyone else live out their problems with a nice resolution, so we don’t have to think about ours.